The process of writing a book can take many shapes. You can handwrite your thoughts on pages and pages of looseleaf paper. Or, you can have a long Microsoft Word document saved on your computer that you go back to. No matter how you wrote it, your book can be published with Cloverly Publishing.
At the beginning of the process of publishing with Cloverly, you will be put in touch with one of our literary agents, who will coordinate the details of submitting your manuscript. Once you are approved, we will help coordinate your submission until it is ready for editing.
What format should my submission be?
You can submit whatever material of your book that you have, as long as we are able to read it. If you send physical printed pages or your work in a PDF, that is fine for our initial review, but we will need it in a Microsoft Word document shortly into the process.
It is always easiest to send your initial submission as a Word document. If your book is in another format, no worries, as we have a team that will help you out. If your manuscript is accepted, our transcription team will help get your material into a Word document before beginning the next steps of the process.
Why does my manuscript need to eventually be a Word document?
A huge part of our publishing process is our editors making suggestions about your manuscript, whether they be grammatical or structural. In order to make these suggestions, our editors will review your manuscript in a Word document and make suggestions directly on the document.
Obviously, nothing will be finalized until you approve any and all suggestions, but this has to be done on Word. Our can editors can directly make suggestions to your manuscript and you can individually approve these changes, all on Word.
Once you get the go-ahead from our team, submit your manuscript in whatever format you have available. Our main goal is getting your book out into the world — we can iron out the formatting technicalities later if you are approved.
